Associate Darren Patrick was featured on the KUCI 88.9 radio show, Privacy Piracy, to discuss his November 2020 Daily Journal article, “Here Comes a Wave of Data Privacy Litigation.” Patrick expands on how recent privacy legislation has begun to affect California consumers and businesses that operate in the state and the impact Proposition 24 will have on the California Consumer ...

Principals Nicole Rodriguez Van Dyk and Gopi K. Panchapakesan will be featured panelists in the upcoming webinar presentation, “Recent Trends in Data Privacy Law,” co-hosted by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and Bird Marella. Van Dyk and Panchapakesan will be joined by Shopify’s Associate General Counsel and Data Privacy Officer, Vivek Narayanadas, and Northrop Grumman’s Corporate Counsel, Kimberley ...

Attorneys Ron Nessim, Tom Freeman, Ashley Bowman, and Jon Jackson were co-counsel to the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and assisted in the drafting of an amicus curiae brief in the California Court of Appeal in connection with a dispute between Fox and ...

Bird Marella is proud to announce the elevations of Julia B. Cherlow to principal, Marc E. Masters to senior counsel, and Ray S. Seilie to counsel, effective January 1, 2021. Since joining the firm as an associate in 2018, Julia Cherlow has brought extensive litigation experience in a wide array ...

Principal Benjamin Gluck and counsel Shoshana Bannett successfully secured an order vacating a $20 million arbitration award on behalf of their client, a merchant services provider, in Los Angeles Superior Court. Following the arbitration decision, and after multiple attorneys advised that there was no hope in challenging the arbitrator’s award, the ...

Principal Hernán D. Vera has been appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench. On November 13, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of 19 California Superior Court judges, with Vera among the ten appointed for Los Angeles County.  “It is an immense honor to have this opportunity to serve the people of California, and to join ...

Bird Marella attorneys Gary Lincenberg, Paul Chan, and Kimmy Yu successfully defended an independent aerospace manufacturing company in a long-running employment suit. The plaintiff, a former employee, alleged disability discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and other claims following his termination after being on leave for over two years. After multiple demurrers, the ...